01 October 2006

10,000 steps

It's Sunday morning in Londontown. It's raining outside (thankfully not that cold yet) and I'm having a typical lazy Sunday morning hiding from the outside world...not quite ready to start the day yet. I highly recommend the music of Kings of Convenience* for such activity, coupled with a steaming mug of PG Tips. With milk and just a touch of sugar. I annoy one of the guys at work because when it's his turn for the tea (we take turns), I ask for (quite literally) a 1/3 of a packet of sugar in mine. And who said Americans were difficult?!?

I cannot actually believe October is here. I went to the supermarket yesterday and they had miraculously transformed their 'seasonal' aisle from bbq grills and sunscreen to Christmas decorations. Ugh.

Since I wrote last, got a chance to see The Bluetones at a tiny 250-person venue 'Spitz' on the edge of Spitalfields Market, East London doing a warm-up gig for their autumn tour in promotion of their new album. If you haven't received an email from Johnny M taunting you go and buy it, please let me know and we will ensure you are added to his mailing list. It really is worth it. For those of you in LA, I heard a rumor that they'll be playing at The Troubadour. GO!

Lucky me!

A nice trip back to College Station last weekend, filled with Blue Bell ice cream, migas from Los Nortenos and plenty of Piccadilly time. Little diva certainly hasn't misplaced her love of the camera!

Also had a great night out with Sarah, Cameron, Matt and Kirsti. Cafe Eccell and Duddley's were a nice treat. It was also my birthday (28 again!) but the less said about that the better... Brady K even came and met us at Dudds. What a treat! It's funny what people remember from your childhood that you have absolutely no recollection of. Are our memories (or I should say MY memory!) really that bad, or does reaching back 25-30 years just force memories to be selective - such as something you've actually recalled to mind at least once over the years? Or do we actually just forget things? Did my entire kindergarten class really come over to my house to watch a taping of our class visiting the local PBS station? I really don't know...

Sorry, Teo - there was a great one of you, but I thought you'd probably kill me for posting it!! :-)

I landed at Gatwick at 6:15 on Tuesday morning and went right into work. Interesting experience...found me understanding why the first class lounge "for important people only" has showers upon arrival...and wishing I'd had one. Next time, me thinks I should try and sneak in.... Despite being smelly and bleary-eyed, I was nicely surprised that afternoon by a birthday cake and bottle of champagne at work.

When I was at Target last weekend, worshiping this store I miss oh-so-much (just try it, I dare you, those of you who are laughing at me: move overseas and see how much you miss Target!), I bought a pedometer. I keep reading how walking 10,000 steps a day keeps you healthy. Now keep in mind I walk a helluva lot in London. It's nearly 2-miles to the supermarket and back alone, not to mention the to-ing and fro-ing to the tube, office, meetings, etc. So I tried out the pedometer for the first time yesterday and found that even with all my walking I had only made it a little over 7,000. Pathetic! It makes me scared to think how little I had probably walked when I was in LA driving everywhere! New challenge to everyone: get a pedometer and give it a try. It's time for me to sign off now, as I have a lot of ground to cover...


*Think of them as a modern day Simon & Garfunkel. If you're looking for a starting point, check out 'Caymen Islands' on the 'Riot on an Empty Street' album - perfect Sunday chillout tune!

posted by Eleanor @ 9:47 am

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